What are the Solar energy laws in Utah?

[Benjamin Flogged Daley]

I live in California and aware of most the laws regarding Solar power
(Mainly that the meter for the house can run both ways, so that you
are sending your excess back to teh grid during daylight, and buying
back in the evenings). I'm planning on moving to southern Utah in teh
next several months and looking at trying to get the hosue as much off
the grid as possible.

I'm curious how howe ownership and solar energy differs between the 2
states. I'm assuming that California is much more liberal in this than
Utah.

BTW, I have tried to contract various solar companies in Utah about my
questions, but have yet to hear by from them.

Ben Flogged Daley

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[Gary]

I live in California and aware of most the laws regarding Solar power
(Mainly that the meter for the house can run both ways, so that you
are sending your excess back to teh grid during daylight, and buying
back in the evenings). I'm planning on moving to southern Utah in teh
next several months and looking at trying to get the hosue as much off
the grid as possible.

I'm curious how howe ownership and solar energy differs between the 2
states. I'm assuming that California is much more liberal in this than
Utah.

BTW, I have tried to contract various solar companies in Utah about my
questions, but have yet to hear by from them.

Ben Flogged Daley

[email protected]

Here is a link to get started at:

http://www.eere.energy.gov/state_energy/

Try the "state specific" area.

Gary

 

[Chris Torek]

I'm curious how howe ownership and solar energy differs between the 2
states. I'm assuming that California is much more liberal in this than
Utah.

California has a lot of things like tax credits and buydowns, and
net-metering with time-of-use charges. Utah has none of these.[%]

California has expensive electricity (as high as about $.25/kWh
for residential, without TOU, or $.33/kWh, with TOU). Utah has
cheap(ish) electricity (mostly below $.08/kWh).

Using a grid-tie system in CA, you can get straight-line financial
payback in under 15 years in some (though definitely not all) cases.[%%]
In UT, financial payback typically takes upwards of 90 years (which
really works out to "never" once you factor in interest rates).
Paying 1/3 as much for electricity, and not getting half the solar
PV system price paid out of a CEC buydown, means the solar system
effectively costs at least six times as much here (UT) than there
(CA). People do still use solar PV, but mostly in remote areas
where the power company will charge you (say) $50,000 to put in a
power line.

[% One still gets the Federal credit, though.]
[%% The biggest wins come from knocking out Tier IV and V charges,
and/or from net-metering combined with time-of-use rates.]

(None of this means you cannot do it, of course.)

 

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I'm curious how howe ownership and solar energy differs between the 2
states. I'm assuming that California is much more liberal in this than
Utah.

California has a lot of things like tax credits and buydowns, and
net-metering with time-of-use charges. Utah has none of these.[%] ....snip...
[% One still gets the Federal credit, though.]

Federal credit? What federal credit?????

 

[Chris Torek]

California has a lot of things like tax credits and buydowns, and
net-metering with time-of-use charges. Utah has none of these.[%] ...snip...
[% One still gets the Federal credit, though.]

Federal credit? What federal credit?????[/QUOTE]

Oops, that might be businesses-only.